OBITUARY

Richard E. McAdam, a longtime Corona del Mar building contractor and

real estate developer, died Oct. 16 of a heart attack. He was 80 years

old.

Born in 1920 to W.B. and Jane McAdam in Manteca, Calif., McAdam and

his family moved to Monrovia when he was in his early teens.

McAdam later followed in his father’s footsteps -- the elder McAdam

had worked as a builder, lumberman and farmer -- and established his own

business.

In 1966, McAdam moved to Corona del Mar, only partly for business

reasons, as his 52-year-old son Brent recalled.

“I’m afraid he must have preferred it” in Corona del Mar, Brent McAdam

said.

Fullerton City Hall and libraries in Arcadia and Monrovia were among

McAdam’s projects, his son said, adding that once his father moved to

Corona del Mar, he concentrated mainly on industrial buildings.

McAdam, an ardent outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, spent

most of his later years on his ranch in Wyoming.

“He was elk hunting just before he died,” said Brent McAdam, adding

that his father’s heart attack had come as a surprise to the family. “He

was cutting wood for the winter.”

McAdam converted to Catholicism, the religion of his late wife,

Kathleen. She died 25 years ago and McAdam never remarried.

“He was honest and hard-working,” said Brent McAdam, “and he expected

that of everyone else.”

McAdam is survived by his children: Deanna Ross of San Clemente;

Carollee McDaniel of Newport Beach; Brent McAdam of Saint Helena; and

Julie Beckett of Eugene, Ore. He leaves behind 13 grandchildren and seven

great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in

Newport Beach at 1 p.m. Saturday. McAdam will be buried next to his wife

at Pacific View Cemetery.